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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Physical Activity & Nutrition

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,375 1,676 31.8 29.7-34.0 3,699 68.2 66.0-70.3
-Eastern NC 1,436 500 32.0 27.9-36.4 936 68.0 63.6-72.1
GENDER
Male 545 146 23.0 17.5-29.7 399 77.0 70.3-82.5
Female 891 354 40.9 35.6-46.3 537 59.1 53.7-64.4
RACE
White 1,013 344 31.6 27.0-36.6 669 68.4 63.4-73.0
African American 282 114 36.9 27.8-47.0 168 63.1 53.0-72.2
Other Minorities 135 42 27.0 15.3-43.0 93 73.0 57.0-84.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 64 17 21.2 9.5-40.8 47 78.8 59.2-90.5
Non-Hispanic 1,369 483 33.1 29.0-37.6 886 66.9 62.4-71.0
AGE
18-24 53 14 23.3 10.8-43.2 39 76.7 56.8-89.2
25-34 156 51 34.7 23.9-47.4 105 65.3 52.6-76.1
35-44 222 87 32.7 23.5-43.4 135 67.3 56.6-76.5
45-54 264 96 36.9 28.8-45.8 168 63.1 54.2-71.2
55-64 312 121 33.8 26.7-41.8 191 66.2 58.2-73.3
65+ 417 129 25.9 20.1-32.8 288 74.1 67.2-79.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 189 64 25.4 15.2-39.2 125 74.6 60.8-84.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 425 123 27.1 20.3-35.1 302 72.9 64.9-79.7
Some Post-H.S. 413 141 31.1 24.3-38.7 272 68.9 61.3-75.7
College Graduate 407 172 42.7 35.2-50.6 235 57.3 49.4-64.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 193 59 33.8 22.6-47.2 134 66.2 52.8-77.4
$15,000- 24,999 243 91 31.9 21.9-43.9 152 68.1 56.1-78.1
$25,000- 34,999 136 39 27.2 14.7-44.8 97 72.8 55.2-85.3
$35,000- 49,999 198 69 35.5 25.3-47.1 129 64.5 52.9-74.7
$50,000-74,999 214 90 36.4 26.7-47.5 124 63.6 52.5-73.3
$75,000+ 283 104 29.5 22.4-37.8 179 70.5 62.2-77.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 543 175 29.5 23.1-36.7 368 70.5 63.3-76.9
No 882 322 33.6 28.5-39.1 560 66.4 60.9-71.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 256 64 19.8 13.6-27.9 192 80.2 72.1-86.4
Non-Veteran 1,180 436 34.6 29.9-39.6 744 65.4 60.4-70.1

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^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

**Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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